As I wrote in the other thread, though it was still enjoyable I didn't much like the changes they made to the prologue.

I mean, was there really any actual reason it needed to be changed? I can envision the sequence in my mind and I think the actual way GRRM wrote it is more gripping than what they did. And the Others seemed more bad-horror-film than anything else.

Too early to judge, but I'm kind of iffy on it. At least the part with the Starks was well done

As I wrote in the other thread, though it was still enjoyable I didn't much like the changes they made to the prologue.

I mean, was there really any actual reason it needed to be changed? I can envision the sequence in my mind and I think the actual way GRRM wrote it is more gripping than what they did. And the Others seemed more bad-horror-film than anything else.

Too early to judge, but I'm kind of iffy on it. At least the part with the Starks was well done

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I'm sure they had a reason, it just might to be apparent to most viewers. And can you honestly say the book would have been worse if Wil was the deserter?

I'm sure they had a reason, it just might to be apparent to most viewers. And can you honestly say the book would have been worse if Wil was the deserter?

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I'm not talking better or worse, really. I'm just curious why they changed it at all. I thought it was pretty suspenseful the way he wrote it. Wil coming down and dead Royce standing up behind him with the sword shard in his eye? Awesome!

Maybe the writers/directors/whoever thought they'd have a hard time hooking people without the mangled bodies, the never-happened decapitation-and-head-toss, and the young lad who faced his death like a man...

And for the sake of canon, would an Other EVER let someone run from them? Gared only got away because he wasn't there.

Just for clarification, I liked it and I'll watch it, I'm just a little baffled by the unnecessary (so far as we know for now) changes.

They changes were fairly minor and probably made in the interest of saving time. I guess my biggest problem was probably the head toss and letting Will get away. But if you throw a sword fight in there it adds more time. They have alot to fit into 10 episodes.

LOVED IT! Oh man... the production values were better than I hoped. The prologue was intensely creepy. Sean Bean RULES. Arya is PERFECT. The scenery around Winterfell was GORGEOUS (even if there was no snow). Overall I was very impressed with everything I saw, and can't wait for the show to begin.

Having followed the production for almost 2 years, I've already read online debates for dozens of controversies and nitpicks over every single trailer and photo that has been released so far. At this point, I'm sick of it and really have no interest in hearing any more nitpicking. I've already accepted the inevitable changes, and am going to enjoy the show for what it is.

It is a shame, though, that we weren't able to get the full 12 episodes they were hoping for. I think the thing I'll miss most is certain bits of dialogue that will be cut or compressed. For instance, the execution scene was missing my all time favourite Ned Stark quote: "If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you can not do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die. [...] A ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is."

I have to agree that the prologue could be lifted more or less straight out of the book and still worked wonders, but at the same time I can't be bothered too much because what the hell if HBO didn't make this happen, it would never happen. Those fourteen minutes felt like two minutes, so I was pretty excited throughout...the only thing that really annoys me is the look of Winterfell and the lack of wintery feeling (though I understand why they chose to make snow more exclusive to the Wall - to make the distinction between different locales). Wonder why there wasn't a "The Wall" text in the beginning (we got a "Winterfell")

Overall, I thought it was awesome. I noticed most of the changes and for the most part could understand why they had to be done for TV. I don't know where they are going with The Others though. The way they showed the wildings was understandable, it was more intense than showing an empty camp. The Others blade looked right but I thought they were supposed to be white, with shimmery(my word) armor.